H.R. 7592: STIFLE Act of 2020
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H.R. 7592: STIFLE Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-13 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
STIFLE Act of 2020
Plain summary
Stopping Trafficking, Illicit Flows, Laundering, and Exploitation Act of 2020 or the STIFLE Act of 2020 This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the illicit trafficking of people, money, and goods by transnational criminal organizations, terrorists, and others. The GAO must report on various topics related to illicit trafficking, including major trafficking routes and common methods of laundering proceeds. It must also provide recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes to combat trafficking or the laundering of proceeds from trafficking.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7592.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr7592 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116